Display device.



D. BACHER.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION man lung a. 191s.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

DAVID BACI-IER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Speciicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed June 8, 1918. Serial No. 238,818.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvin Bastian, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a display device of extremely simpleand inexpensive construction, wherein the goods to be displayed may beheld in an inclined position S0 as to be shown to greatest advantagewhen in or on a show case.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a display devicesuch as contemplated by my invention, contained within a box, thearticle to be displayed lying fiat within the box;

F ig. 2 is a similar view showing the article supported in an inclineddisplay position;

Fig. 3 is a substantially central vertical sectional view; and

Fig. 4 is a development of the blank which constitutes the displaymember proper.

It is my object to so construct the display member shown in Fig. 4 thatthe articles supported thereby, such as neckties, may either lie flatwithin the container or may be held in an inclined display position, andto this end the blank fr in which the display member is formed comprisesa preferably pasteboard body portion 10, an end flap 11 and an articlesupporting tongue 12. The end flap 11 is connected to the body 10 by ascore line 13 and the article supporting tongue 12 is connected to thebody 10` by thel two parallel score lines 14 and 15.

The free end of the flap 11 is inclined or beveled as at 16 and isprovided with a cen- I tral notch 17, while the tongue tapers toward itsfree end s0 that the narrower portion thereof may rest in the notch 17.

In the drawing, neckties 18 have been shown as the articles on display,and these neckties are laid upon the tongue 12 with the smaller portionsof the ties beneath the lower face of the tongue and a band 19 isslipped over the ties to hold them in position.

It is desirable to place the display member within a box 20 with thebase 10 resting upon the bottom of the box, the section 21 between thescore lines 14 and 15 abutting one end of the box and the end ilap 11adjacent the opposite end of the box.

When it is desired to display the ties in an inclined position as shownin Fig. 2, the tongue 12 is raised, thereafter the end flap 11 is raisedand the tongue permitted to descend so that its narrower end rests inthe notch 17. The display member is made of fairly substantial stock sothat when in display position the tongue will not bend or sag to anyappreciable extent.

It the ties are to be moved out of display position, the tongue 12 israised out of the notch 17 the iap 11 bent down upon the body 10 andthen the tongue 12 permitted to tall into place, and a cover may beplaced over the box and the latter is ready for shipment ordistribution.

1t will be noted that my device is characterized by extreme simplicity,which naturally tends to economy of manufacture, and that the displaymember proper consists of but av single blank which may be formed by onedie operation.

What I claim is:

A display device comprising an integral blank consisting of a plane bodyportion adapted to lie horizontally in operative position, a ap movablyconnected to one end of said body portion, said flap having a notch atits free end and extending at an obtuse angle from the body portion whenin operative position, an intermediate movable section connected to theo posite end of said body portion and extent ing at right angles to saidbody portion when in operative position and a tapering tongue connectedto said intermediate section, said tapering tongue being adapted forinsertion in the notch of said flap and extending at an obtuse angle tosaid intermediate section when in operative position.

ln testimony whereof l have aiiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID BACHER.

Witnesses OTTO MUNK, CLARIGE FRANCK.

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